VALA2010 Session 10 Bonnington

VALA20120The changing landscape of research: tools and methods for 21st century discovery

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 10 – Looking Forward
Wednesday 10 February 2010 13:45 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-10-bonnington

VALA2010 Invited PaperPaul Bonnington

Director, e-Research Centre, Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au/eresearch/index.html

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Abstract

The US National Science Foundation noted in recent reports on 21st Century Discovery and Virtual Research Organisations that increasingly researchers (from all domains) are working in virtual teams across institutions. Furthermore, they are creating, compiling, accessing, analysing, linking and storing terabytes of digital research data through joint experimentation, observation and simulation. They note that the dynamic linking of data generated through this joint observation and simulation is enabling the development of new research methods that adapt intelligently to evolving conditions to reveal new understanding. In this talk, we highlight this phenomenon in the Australian context, and demonstrate how technologists, information specialists and domain specialists can work together in partnership to create local services and infrastructure to support 21st century discovery.

VALA2006 Session 11 Young

VALA2006 Supporting e-research at the University of Melbourne

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Information Management and Knowledge Sharing
Friday 10 February 2006, 10:45 – 11:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-11-young

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperEve Young

Project Leader, Digital Asset Management Systems Implementation, University of Melbourne Libraries
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au

Lynne Horwood

Research Consultant, School of Graduate Studies, University of Melbourne
http://www.unimelb.edu.au

Shirley Sullivan

Electronic Information Coordinator, University of Melbourne Libraries
http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au

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Abstract

E-Research refers to large-scale, distributed, information-intensive forms of inquiry conducted collaboratively between institutions, and intra- and inter-nationally. The paper details the strategies that the Information Division (ID) is implementing to support eresearch and information management within the University. The culture at the University of Melbourne emphasises a client-focused approach where the ID staff partner with academic departments and business units to assemble suitable project teams to translate the vision into technical solutions. The paper will explore ID initiatives which support e-research and information management using new technologies which emphasise interoperability and flexibility.